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What is this "URL" in my browser status bar?

by shipwrecked
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Hi,

I am coding a new site, this time I am going to have .php pages.

Oddly, a strange URL appears and doesn't want to dissappear, even is I hover the mouse over "blank white" or pure text on my page...

This appears:

"http://www.mysite.com/#" <<<- as is my content would be linked to this...
(where "mysite" is my URL)

OK, so this only appears after having hovered any other link on my page. As soon as I remove the mouse pointer from above a link, this thing appears in the status bar (down there, gray field in the browser window...)

Not sure where this comes from... :confused:
#bar #browser #status #url
  • Profile picture of the author Blakos
    Originally Posted by shipwrecked View Post

    Hi,

    I am coding a new site, this time I am going to have .php pages.

    Oddly, a strange URL appears and doesn't want to dissappear, even is I hover the mouse over "blank white" or pure text on my page...

    This appears:

    "http://www.mysite.com/#" <<<- as is my content would be linked to this...
    (where "mysite" is my URL)

    OK, so this only appears after having hovered any other link on my page. As soon as I remove the mouse pointer from above a link, this thing appears in the status bar (down there, gray field in the browser window...)

    Not sure where this comes from... :confused:
    Check the links href attribute for a # and remove it
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  • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
    There is nothing like that anywhere...

    Could be something in the CSS?

    I just checked, all links are closed (</a>), no issues like that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    Nothing like that is happening on my laptop here...
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    • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
      The pound symbol (#) in an url normally refers to a div ID on a webpage. For example, if you have a link like this on your webpage...

      <a href="http://www.YourWebsite.com/#somediv">Link</a>

      ... when someone clicks it, the browser would immediately jump to the div on the page with the ID "somediv".

      # is often used as a "placeholder" for a link though, like...

      <a href="#">

      If you don't see anything like that in your original HTML file, it's possible that the link is being generated from a separate PHP or Javascript file (or even from the .htaccess file).
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